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Colonizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin
Colonizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin
Autore Tobin Beth Fowkes
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (274 p.)
Disciplina 820.9/3213
Soggetto topico English literature - History and criticism
Gardening - History - 18th century
Gardening - History - 19th century
Gardening in literature
Colonies in literature
Nature in literature
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-21208-0
9786613212085
0-8122-0368-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Troping the Tropics and Aestheticizing Labor -- Chapter 1. Tropical Bounty, Local Knowledge, and the Imperial Georgic -- Chapter 2. Provisional Economies: Slave Gardens in the Writings of British Sojourners -- Chapter 3. Land, Labor, and the English Garden Conversation Piece in India -- Chapter 4. Picturesque Ruins, Decaying Empires, and British Imperial Character in Hodges's Travels in India -- Chapter 5. Seeing, Writing, and Revision: Natural History Discourse and Captain Cook's A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World -- Chapter 6. Domesticating the Tropics: Tropical Flowers, Botanical Books, and the Culture of Collecting -- Epilogue: Decolonizing Garden History -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910457363803321
Tobin Beth Fowkes  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005
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Colonizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin
Colonizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin
Autore Tobin Beth Fowkes
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (274 p.)
Disciplina 820.9/3213
Soggetto topico English literature - History and criticism
Gardening - History - 18th century
Gardening - History - 19th century
Gardening in literature
Colonies in literature
Nature in literature
Soggetto non controllato Cultural Studies
Literature
ISBN 1-283-21208-0
9786613212085
0-8122-0368-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Troping the Tropics and Aestheticizing Labor -- Chapter 1. Tropical Bounty, Local Knowledge, and the Imperial Georgic -- Chapter 2. Provisional Economies: Slave Gardens in the Writings of British Sojourners -- Chapter 3. Land, Labor, and the English Garden Conversation Piece in India -- Chapter 4. Picturesque Ruins, Decaying Empires, and British Imperial Character in Hodges's Travels in India -- Chapter 5. Seeing, Writing, and Revision: Natural History Discourse and Captain Cook's A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World -- Chapter 6. Domesticating the Tropics: Tropical Flowers, Botanical Books, and the Culture of Collecting -- Epilogue: Decolonizing Garden History -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781883703321
Tobin Beth Fowkes  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Colonizing nature : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin
Colonizing nature : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin
Autore Tobin Beth Fowkes
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (274 p.)
Disciplina 820.9/3213
Soggetto topico English literature - History and criticism
Gardening - History - 18th century
Gardening - History - 19th century
Gardening in literature
Colonies in literature
Nature in literature
Soggetto non controllato Cultural Studies
Literature
ISBN 1-283-21208-0
9786613212085
0-8122-0368-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Troping the Tropics and Aestheticizing Labor -- Chapter 1. Tropical Bounty, Local Knowledge, and the Imperial Georgic -- Chapter 2. Provisional Economies: Slave Gardens in the Writings of British Sojourners -- Chapter 3. Land, Labor, and the English Garden Conversation Piece in India -- Chapter 4. Picturesque Ruins, Decaying Empires, and British Imperial Character in Hodges's Travels in India -- Chapter 5. Seeing, Writing, and Revision: Natural History Discourse and Captain Cook's A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World -- Chapter 6. Domesticating the Tropics: Tropical Flowers, Botanical Books, and the Culture of Collecting -- Epilogue: Decolonizing Garden History -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910812875103321
Tobin Beth Fowkes  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The maximum of wilderness [[electronic resource] ] : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright
The maximum of wilderness [[electronic resource] ] : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright
Autore Enright Kelly
Pubbl/distr/stampa Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 187 p. ) : ill. ;
Disciplina 508
Soggetto topico Natural history literature - United States - History - 20th century
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Jungles in literature
Wilderness areas in literature
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-48943-X
9786613584663
0-8139-3243-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Locating a New Wilderness : Nature and Conservation at the Start of the Twentieth Century -- Tame Adventures and Wild Homes : Encountering the Jungle with Martin and Osa Johnson -- Discovering Jungle Peace : The Prolonged Observations of William Beebe -- Ingesting the Jungle : The Botanical Experiences of David Fairchild and Richard Evans Schultes.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910465721403321
Enright Kelly  
Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The maximum of wilderness [[electronic resource] ] : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright
The maximum of wilderness [[electronic resource] ] : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright
Autore Enright Kelly
Pubbl/distr/stampa Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 187 p. ) : ill. ;
Disciplina 508
Soggetto topico Natural history literature - United States - History - 20th century
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Jungles in literature
Wilderness areas in literature
ISBN 1-280-48943-X
9786613584663
0-8139-3243-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Locating a New Wilderness : Nature and Conservation at the Start of the Twentieth Century -- Tame Adventures and Wild Homes : Encountering the Jungle with Martin and Osa Johnson -- Discovering Jungle Peace : The Prolonged Observations of William Beebe -- Ingesting the Jungle : The Botanical Experiences of David Fairchild and Richard Evans Schultes.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910791739803321
Enright Kelly  
Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The maximum of wilderness : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright
The maximum of wilderness : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright
Autore Enright Kelly
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 187 p. ) : ill. ;
Disciplina 508
Soggetto topico Natural history literature - United States - History - 20th century
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Jungles in literature
Wilderness areas in literature
ISBN 1-280-48943-X
9786613584663
0-8139-3243-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Locating a New Wilderness : Nature and Conservation at the Start of the Twentieth Century -- Tame Adventures and Wild Homes : Encountering the Jungle with Martin and Osa Johnson -- Discovering Jungle Peace : The Prolonged Observations of William Beebe -- Ingesting the Jungle : The Botanical Experiences of David Fairchild and Richard Evans Schultes.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814886903321
Enright Kelly  
Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui